Free Software Groupware Project
Architecture Paper
Erlewein, Frank, Konold & Partner
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V1.1 20th February 2003
- Table of Contents
- 1. Free Software Groupware Overview
- 1.1. Email Functionality
- 1.2. Contacts
- 1.3. Address Book
- 1.4. Calendar Entries
- 1.5. Notes
- 1.6. Task Lists
- 1.7. Shared Resources
- 1.8. Print Services
- 1.9. Palm PDA Synchronization
- 2. Communication between Client and Server
- 2.1. Protocols
- 2.2. Used File Standards
- 2.3. Sending Email
- 2.4. Receiving Email
- 2.5. Vacation Functionality
- 2.6. Contacts
- 2.7. Address Book
- 2.8. Groupware Calendar
- 2.9. Notes
- 2.10. Task Lists
- 2.11. Management of Shared Resources
- 2.12. Remarks
- 3. The Communication between the Clients
- 3.1. Group Event Notifications
- 3.1.1. A Simple Calendar Event
- 3.1.2. Modify an Existing Calendar Event
- 3.1.3. Free-Busy Lists
- 3.1.4. Using Free-Busy Lists
- 3.2. Message Receive Confirmation
- 3.3. Sending Notes
- 3.4. Attached Business Cards
- 3.5. Multi-User Task Lists
- 3.6. HotSync PDA Synchronization
- 4. Kolab Server Components
- 4.1. OpenLDAP2 Directory Server
- 4.1.1. Top Level LDAP Structure
- 4.1.2. LDAP Business Card
- 4.2. Postfix Mail Server
- 4.2.1. LDAP Connection
- 4.3. Cyrus IMAP Daemon
- 4.3.1. LDAP Connectivity
- 4.3.2. Cyrus Sieve
- 4.4. ProFTP Daemon
- 4.5. Kolab Server Backup Strategy
- 4.6. Administrator User Interface
- 5. Windows Client Outlook 2000
- 6. The KDE Client
- A. The KDE client File Formats
- A.1. Calendar Event
- A.2. Note
- A.3. Contact
- A.4. Task Lists
- A.5. Free-Busy Lists
- B. Legacy File Formats
- B.1. Calendar Event
- B.2. Note
- B.3. Contact
- B.4. Task
- List of Tables
- 3-1. Calendar Event
- 3-2. Maintaining the Free-Busy List
- 3-3. Using the Free-Busy List
- 3-4. Sharing a Note
- 3-5. Sharing a Business Card
- 3-6. Assigning Tasks to Other Users